Four men from the nation's capital have been slapped with charges over an alleged PCP and firearm trafficking ring, according to the United States Attorney's Office. The superseding indictment, unsealed in U.S. District Court, paints Lamont M. Langston, 43; Jamar Bennett, 44; Norman Morris, 43; and Kelvin Sanker, 42, as key players in a scheme to distribute significant quantities of phencyclidine, better known as PCP, across Washington, D.C.

The group didn't just stick to PCP; allegations have surfaced that Bennett and Morris also trafficked fentanyl, a potent synthetic opioid, Bennett purportedly selling it to an undercover officer and Jamar Bennett allegedly conducted numerous sales of PCP to undercover officers throughout 2023 and 2024, the indictment states. On February 25, 2024, a dramatic scene unfolded as Langston, after a police chase, chucked a weapon and took cover in the Watts Branch tributary stream, only to be flushed out with the aid of a police helicopter and K9 unit — officers nabbed an AK-style Mini Draco pistol, PCP, and a hefty stack of cash from Langston.

As per the indictment details, Bennett got handcuffed on March 6, with a subsequent home search netting a Ruger LC9 handgun, while Morris and Sanker had the cuffs slapped on them April 17, prior to their court debuts. All four defendants face conspiracy to distribute PCP charges, while Langston and Bennett also confront additional charges relating to firearms and Bennett with counts tied to fentanyl distribution.

This quartet's legal woes are part of the broader Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces operation, an initiative that uses a combined force of federal, state, and local law enforcement to go after high-level criminal outfits trafficking drugs or washing dirty money, the purposeful collaboration led by prosecutors and driven by intelligence aims to disband such networks that pose a threat to public safety. The DEA and FBI are digging into this case while a Special Assistant to the U.S. Attorney heads the prosecution according to the Justice Department's announcement.